According to Anvils in America Columbus Forge and Iron Company imported their anvils for fifteen to twenty before 1898 under the diamond shaped Trenton trademark. They have a very distinct Peter Wright like base with the steps on the feet projecting outward and the anvil weight is always between the legs on the side of the anvil. Hermon Boker used his German business ties to manufacture the earliest Trenton's overseas and imported to the United States. They were a solid wrought iron base with a hardened steel face that looks very similar to a Peter Wright. In fact, Peter Wright may have even made the bases for these anvils but there is no factual evidence to support this notion other than the striking similarity of the foot steps.

My Boker Trenton is one of the early ones measuring 10 3/4 inches high by 25 1/4 inches from the tail to the tip of the horn. It has the four handling holes, has "Solid Wrought" on the side, has a flat base that is hand forged, and has the weight (179) on the side. My Trenton has some alterations that were intentions to the side with the Trenton logo and I believe they were for specific work that one of the past blacksmith owners was doing. I do not plan on refacing or taking any machine tools to "perfect" the edges or the face. This anvil served at least three to four blacksmiths before me and they saw fit not to dress-out the imperfections so I indent to continue that tradition. Mine has some sway to the face in the sweet spot, but I'm learning to work with it having a square swage-like block of metal that is perfectly flat if I need that kind of surface, otherwise my old gal Trenton works just fine.